Civil Rights and Armed Self-Defense
On December 11, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Virginia v. Black. At issue was the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that prohibited the act of cross burning, a...
View ArticleThe Defector
Hitch-22: A Memoir, by Christopher Hitchens, New York: Twelve, 448 pages, $26.99In 1990, Commentary magazine warned its readers that Christopher Hitchens, then a bomb-throwing columnist at The Nation,...
View ArticleMisrepresenting the Benefits of High-Speed Rail
National Journal's Transportation blog asks:Does a recent report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors touting the economic benefits of high-speed passenger rail put to rest questions about HSR's value as a...
View ArticleUnemployment is a Structural Problem, But That Doesn't Mean Government is the...
Surveys are showing that if you have a college degree you are more likely to find work in today's employment climate than those who don't have a high school diploma. This isn't necessarily always true...
View ArticleReason.tv's School Choice Extravaganza
Check out Reason.tv's week long school choice extravaganza including a piece about the school choice revolution in New Orleans; an interview with Louisiana State Superintendent Paul Pastorek about how...
View ArticleCA Local Governments Looking to Cut Pension Benefits
The Sacramento Bee reports"Local governments across California are poised to roll back pension benefits for public employees."The movement comes a decade after retirement systems made huge gains in the...
View ArticleLeBron James, Loyalty and the Economic Future of Cleveland
I don't follow follow professional basketball, but it was virtually impossible not to avoid the media frenzy around LeBron James' decision to move to Miami and leave Cleveland. The outcry from loyal...
View ArticlePoll--People Blame Overspending for State Budget Crises
Rasmussen has a new poll out asking people about their state's budget crisis, what caused it and how to solve it. The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on July 5-6, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The...
View ArticleUnemployment Pointâ??Counterpoint
The weekend edition of the Morning Call (Pennsylvania) featured thoughts on the unemployment from myself and Center for American Progress economist Heather Boushey. The whole piece is here. Since we...
View ArticleStuck in Afghanistan
There is good news about Afghanistan.No, really. It comes from Jonathan Alter, Newsweek columnist and author of the book The Promise: President Obama, Year One. He thinks the president is firmly...
View ArticleWhere Do Libertarians Belong?
For those who cherish the ideals of free minds and free markets, 21st century politics in the United States has not been a particularly welcoming place. The big-government conservatism of George W....
View ArticleThe Trial of John Stagliano
It is business as usual in government, despite a president who was elected with a promise of hope, change, and the end of, well, business as usual.At a conference of the nation's governors in Boston...
View ArticleJustice for Johannes Mehserle
Early in the morning of January 1, 2009, in a now infamous incident captured on video by dozens of cell phones and replayed across the globe, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Officer Johannes Mehserle...
View ArticleMystery Train
If you were looking to take some easy shots at government waste and abuse, you’d have a hard time topping California State Auditor Elaine M. Howle’s recent assessment of the Golden State’s 14-year-old...
View ArticleClosed Court, Miller Time, and Joey Silvera's Solidarity
(Editor's Note: Richard Abowitz is covering John Stagliano's obscenity trial in Washington, D.C. for Reason. Follow Abowitz on Twitter for breaking news, and keep up to date with Reason's Stagliano...
View ArticleObamaâ??s Immigration Distraction
Even advocates of immigration reform cringed at President Obama's speech last month with its impressive juxtaposition of contradictory vices: sophomoric and professorial; hectoring and plaintive;...
View ArticleForcing Consumers to Buy Renewable Energy
Carbon rationing is dead on Capitol Hill. The Democratic leadership in the Senate has concluded that they cannot round up enough votes to pass a cap-and-trade carbon rationing bill that aims to cut the...
View ArticleSchool Turnaround Folly: $3.5 Billion Federal Grant Edition
As Leslie Maxwell reports at Education Week, the $3.5 billion in school improvement grants are overwelmingly going to schools who chose the easiest school improvement model: transformation. The rest of...
View ArticleWho's Afraid of Federalism?
Last week a federal judge confounded both sides of the political spectrum by ruling that the 10th Amendment requires the federal government to recognize state-approved gay marriages. Progressives...
View ArticlePorn Over National Security, Vice Squad Overreach, and Censorship in the...
(Editor's Note: Richard Abowitz is covering John Stagliano's obscenity trial in Washington, D.C. for Reason. Follow Abowitz on Twitter for breaking news, and keep up to date with Reason's Stagliano...
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